South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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H. 3234

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. McEachern and Sandifer
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nl\13631sd17.docx

Introduced in the House on January 10, 2017
Introduced in the Senate on March 9, 2017
Last Amended on May 11, 2017
Currently residing in the Senate

Summary: Residential Landlord and Tenant Act exemptions

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/15/2016  House   Prefiled
  12/15/2016  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
   1/10/2017  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 122)
   1/10/2017  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (House Journal-page 122)
   2/16/2017  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Sandifer
    3/7/2017  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, 
                        Commerce and Industry (House Journal-page 2)
    3/8/2017          Scrivener's error corrected
    3/8/2017  House   Amended (House Journal-page 16)
    3/8/2017  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 16)
    3/8/2017  House   Roll call Yeas-108  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 17)
    3/9/2017  House   Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 8)
    3/9/2017  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 10)
    3/9/2017  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 10)
   4/21/2017  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Shealy, Timmons
    5/3/2017  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 13)
   5/11/2017  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 60)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/15/2016
3/7/2017
3/8/2017
3/8/2017-A
5/3/2017
5/11/2017

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

May 11, 2017

H. 3234

Introduced by Reps. McEachern and Sandifer

S. Printed 5/11/17--S.

Read the first time March 9, 2017.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 27-40-120, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT, SO AS TO DELETE OCCUPANCY UNDER A RENTAL AGREEMENT COVERING THE PREMISES USED BY THE OCCUPANT PRIMARILY FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES AS AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE ACT.

Amend Title To Conform

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 27-40-120 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 27-40-120.    The following arrangements are not governed by this chapter:

(1)    residence at an institution, public or private, if incidental to detention or the provision of medical, geriatric, educational, counseling, religious, or similar service;

(2)    occupancy under a contract of sale of a dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part, if the occupant is the purchaser or a person who succeeds to his interest;

(3)    occupancy by a member or a fraternal or social organization in the portion of a structure operated for the benefit of the organization;

(4)    transient occupancy in a hotel, motel, or other accommodations subject to the sales tax on accommodations as provided by Section 12-36-920;

(5)    occupancy by an employee of a landlord whose right to occupancy is conditional upon employment in and about the premises;

(6)    occupancy by an owner of a condominium unit or a holder of a proprietary lease in a cooperative;

(7)    occupancy under a rental agreement covering the premises used by the occupant primarily for agricultural purposes;

(8)(7)    occupancy under a rental agreement in a premises regulated by the provisions of Chapter 32, of Title 27, of the 1976 Code (Vacation Time Sharing Plan Act).;

(9)(8)    residence, whether temporary or not, at a charitable or emergency protective shelter, public or private."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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